Elynore R. Thayer

Elynore Rowe Thayer, aged 99, died peacefully on August 01, 2013. She was born in Lynn and was the wife of the late Richard Salter Thayer. She was the daughter of the late George F. and Bridgid (Delia) Rowe of Lynn. Elli, was a graduate of Vesper George Art School in Boston.

Elli volunteered for many local organizations, including 30 years as a nurse’s aide with the Marblehead Red Cross. She was a member of the Marblehead Garden Club, the Winter Garden Club and the Marblehead Neck Improvement Association (MNIA). In addition to being the treasurer of the MNIA, Elli meticulously compiled the information for the Neck Directory for many years. She was on the Board of Directors of the Marblehead Historical Society, the Old Marblehead Improvement Association (OMIA). She was an active member of the League of Women Voters.

Elli’s commitment to sailing dominated her life from 1964 to the early 1990’s. She was the Senior Treasurer for the Pleon Yacht Club from 1959 to 1961and Secretary, Treasurer and Scorer for the Marblehead Racing Association for over 20 years. She was the recipient of the Marblehead Chamber of Commerce Race Week Trophy in 1988. She was an honorary member of the Corinthian Yacht Club’s Race Committee and has achieved the status of Member No. 1 at the Corinthian.

Elli’s primary love in life was the music she shared with her late husband, Dick. Elli’s very attuned ear allowed her to hear the song and put it to the piano keyboard with chord embellishments easily. Elli and Dick played together nightly throughout their 39 years of marriage, Dick on the clarinet and she on the piano.

She leaves her two daughters, Joan Thayer of Marblehead, and Sarah Louise Thayer and her husband Nathaniel C. Wales of Kodiak Island, Alaska; three granddaughters: Joanna Pero Claar of Milford, NH, and her two children Bailey and Tyler; Angela Pero of Salem, NH; and Victoria Pero of Salem, MA. Elli was predeceased by her daughter, Ellen Thayer Pero of Marblehead, her sister, Alyce Libby of Annapolis, MD, and her brother, William Rowe of Kirkland, Washington.

A private graveside service was held in Waterside Cemetery, Marblehead. Contributions in Elli’s memory may be made to the Hospice of the North Shore, 75 Sylvan Street, Suite B102, Danvers, MA 01923 or Marblehead Museum and Historical Society, 170 Washington Street, Marblehead, MA 01945. Arrangements by the Eustis and Cornell Funeral Home, Marblehead.